Linguistic history of republican Italy
19 November 2014
Tullio De Mauro investigates the evolution of Italian from the post-war period to today. A common language crossed by its regional variants. But that few master.
Tullio De Mauro investigates the evolution of Italian from the post-war period to today. A common language crossed by its regional variants. But that few master.
Teaching materials. Here is the outline for a nice writing exercise that will get used (the kids, but not only) to the exercise of the imagination and to the textual organization. On the basis of the information and statements written below, you compose a journalistic reportage in which you pretend to be the special correspondent for a fake film festival
The forms and modes of the argumentative text: the general lines. Arguing is an indispensable practice for any speech. Whoever speaks or writes presents his / her own opinion on a starting problem or situation; he explains it, demonstrates it, defends it, refutes a thought different from his own
Of course, "writing correctly - as Graziadio Isaia Ascoli affirms - always remains, despite the vaunted certainty of contrary norms, something that tastes like a miracle, something to endanger your life" and then you know: "who writes well is scientifically suspect" (Adorno). But rehabilitation is possible. Always and for
Summarizing means condensing the content into fewer words, simply exposing the essential points, or the plot. The essential points: that is, the bare minimum without losing what you need. But what is it for? This is learned slowly, with experience. Start with taking away
It happens a little too often - on television, in newspapers, on blogs, on the web, on social media - to attend performances (even quite extreme, at times) in which commentators (almost never improvised, eh!) Hover in a vortex supercazzolista of words and phrases that they aspire to interpret
Observing the language of the press linked to the phenomenon of grillism is an excellent method to grasp the systems of thought and methods of propaganda. Let's try to draw some lines starting from ilfattoquotidiano.it. By analyzing the semantics and lexicon of titles and articles, we can easily see how often terms occur
From a linguistic analysis of the recurring expressions in job advertisements and in the descriptions that companies provide regarding the mission and the search for new staff "to join the team", it turns out that, in addition to there being little material for the more standardized, it always oscillates between
Since yesterday morning, some advertising billboards for a brand of coffee 'with a royal name' have been visible in the Milan metro stations. It is easy to imagine how much this onomastic nobility is highlighted: graphics and slogans designed on purpose, but with rather tacky results. In fact, the slogan is “really good” with
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